The 2026 American Conference Football Schedule has officially been announced. Conference play begins on Saturday, Sept. 12.
The 2026 season will be the third consecutive for The American as a 14-team conference. Each member will continue to play an eight-game league schedule with four non-conference contests.
The annual Army-Navy Game continues to be played the second Saturday in December and it will be considered a non-conference contest. Army and Navy will not meet in the regular-season, but in any season they could possibly meet in the American Football Championship and then again one week later in the Army-Navy Game.
Featured non-conference match-ups for each American team in 2026 include Army vs. Navy, Charlotte at Ole Miss, East Carolina at Alabama, Florida Atlantic at Florida, Memphis at UNLV, Navy vs. Army, Charlotte at Indiana, Rice at Notre Dame, Penn State at Temple, Tulane at Duke, Oklahoma State at Tulsa, UAB at Illinois, FIU at USF, and UTSA at Texas.
The 2026 American Conference Football Championship Game will be played on Saturday, Dec. 5 at the home stadium of the team with the highest winning percentage in conference play. The game will be televised by either ABC or ESPN.
Kickoff times and television designations for the first three weeks of the season will be finalized on or before June 1. The remaining kickoff times and TV will be announced six to 12 days prior to the date of the game.
2026 American Conference Football Schedules
2026 American Conference Football Schedule
Saturday, Aug 29
Memphis at UNLV
Saturday, Sept 5
Arkansas State at Memphis
FIU at USF
Oklahoma State at Tulsa
Rhode Island at Temple
The Citadel at Charlotte
Towson at Navy
Tulane at Duke
HCU at Rice
Florida Atlantic at Florida
East Carolina at Alabama
North Texas at Indiana
UTRGV at UTSA
UAB at Illinois
Bryant at Army
Saturday, Sept 12
Appalachian State at East Carolina
Memphis at Boise State
Penn State at Temple
South Alabama at Tulane
Tulsa at Sam Houston
ULM at UAB
UNLV at North Texas
UTSA at Texas State
Rice at Notre Dame
Charlotte at Ole Miss
Navy at Florida Atlantic
USF at Army
Saturday, Sept 19
Charlotte at Appalachian State
FIU at Florida Atlantic
North Texas at Texas State
Tulane at Kansas State
UAB at Louisiana
UTSA at Texas
Western Michigan at Rice
East Texas A&M at Tulsa
East Carolina at Old Dominion
Delaware State at USF
Temple at Toledo
UT Martin at Memphis
Friday, Sept 25
Navy at UAB
Saturday, Sept 26
Colorado State at UTSA
HCU at North Texas
Rice at Fresno State
Southern Miss at Tulane
Florida Atlantic at ULM
USF at Bowling Green
NC Central at East Carolina
Tulsa at Arkansas
Louisiana at Charlotte
Army at Temple
Thursday, Oct 1
North Texas at Tulsa
Saturday, Oct 3
Navy at Air Force
Samford at UAB
Army at Louisiana Tech
Texas Southern at Florida Atlantic
Memphis at Charlotte
Temple at USF
UTSA at Rice
Thursday, Oct 8
USF at UTSA
Saturday, Oct 10
UConn at Temple
Charlotte at North Texas
Rice at East Carolina
Tulane at Army
Tulsa at Navy
UAB at Memphis
Thursday, Oct 15
East Carolina at UAB
Friday, Oct 16
Memphis at Tulane
Saturday, Oct 17
Kent State at USF
Charlotte at Temple
Florida Atlantic at Army
Navy at UTSA
Tulsa at Rice
Thursday, Oct 22
East Carolina at Memphis
Friday, Oct 23
Army at Tulsa
Saturday, Oct 24
North Texas at Navy
Rice at Florida Atlantic
UTSA at Tulane
Thursday, Oct 29
Florida Atlantic at North Texas
Friday, Oct 30
Tulane at Charlotte
Saturday, Oct 31
Notre Dame vs Navy (Foxborough, MA)
Army at Memphis
Temple at East Carolina
UAB at USF
Thursday, Nov 5
UTSA at Florida Atlantic
Friday, Nov 6
USF at East Carolina
Saturday, Nov 7
Air Force at Army
Charlotte at UAB
Rice at North Texas
Temple at Navy
Tulsa at Tulane
Thursday, Nov 12
Memphis at USF
Saturday, Nov 14
East Carolina at Charlotte
Florida Atlantic at Tulsa
North Texas at UTSA
Tulane at Rice
UAB at Temple
Thursday, Nov 19
Rice at Temple
Saturday, Nov 21
Charlotte at Tulsa
East Carolina at Army
Memphis at Navy
North Texas at Tulane
USF at Florida Atlantic
UTSA at UAB
Saturday, Nov 28
Army at Rice
Florida Atlantic at East Carolina (or Fri.)
Navy at Charlotte
Temple at Memphis (or Fri.)
Tulane at USF (or Fri.)
Tulsa at UTSA (or Fri.)
UAB at North Texas
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American Football Schedule (Composite)